Tom

Smiths Birds No matter what Transpired My friend I caution Against Your judging Your personal beliefs Your haughty prejudition Your...

AI. American Indian I was born Ottawa. American Indian is all I knew. No other cultures had ever traversed my land. I was in wonderment...

Nuts! What tree is this, That defies Winter and Nature, So as not to give up its leaves, Till Spring’s round the corner, Why? Why do Oak...

*The French Broad, Asheville, 30 foot high and rising raging I close my eyes Gently To sleep And voila! A beautiful array of bare...

*photo by B&L photography Hug someone today Tell them how wonderful they are Hold their hand in yar’s tom tenbrunsel Carl Sandburg Writer...

Standing against the total darkness of a new moon, Fire holds back the chill as Tom and Tommy swap campfire stories and sort out the...

Obscured Appalachians The air thickens around us, Tiny airborne ash particles, Belie distant danger, Where are my mountains high? Smoke...

Daddy bought me a brand new bike🎶 Brand new bike🎶 A brand new bike🎶 “Upseedaisey” Daddy bought me a brand new bike🎶 It was...

*post by Erin Secretarski, Asheville Reality Tom Tenbrunsel is a local Weaverville poet whose philosophy is 'write every day'. He...

*duVois Fading snapshots Of things and people and events and happenings Once quite real Sometime ago Sometime in the past Sometime...

OXYGEN Oh Oxygen! My un intrusive friend Taken for granted Such an important Life source Without which I am nothing I am but a man in...

*photo courtesy of Nana Oh wind My wild weary wind Wind in my face as I race Through life My comforting cool breeze Pollinator...

Young ago I was trampoline jumping When my eyes spied An opening in the sky Sorta portal-like High, higher than high I jumped and bounced...

*photo by KaitlinTen my silhouette my dear darkened silhouette my fav companion on the dark side how you move so gracefully silently...

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Ashes Ashes Dust to Dust Every person Every one of us Must So Love Live Celebrate and Trust If you must tom tenbrunsel poet laureate of...

yes, no pressure. write what you can when you can. if you ask me to write a poem, I can’t. when I least expect it, BAM! then the Spirit...

*photo compliments of insungyoon on Unsplash Chop Sticks best played on the piano.* So you’re eating food at a restaurant with...

My mother loved finding coins Be they nickels dimes or quarter A penny would do Oh my! A Kennedy half dollar!!! What joy Just a small boy...

*Throw Me! handmade by Nana Nana's Quilt, Throw Me! One of 150 she lovingly made by hand. Oh for sure stop by she’ll gladly show you her...